CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... murder . In the Eumenides of Aeschylus , the Areopagus is the scene of Orestes ' trial for the murder of his mother . The Areopagus was the seat of the early Athenian council of elders ( boule ) , the chief administrative and judicial ...
... murder . In the Eumenides of Aeschylus , the Areopagus is the scene of Orestes ' trial for the murder of his mother . The Areopagus was the seat of the early Athenian council of elders ( boule ) , the chief administrative and judicial ...
Page 89
... murder by treachery . The other Argonauts then killed the entire crew of Apsyrtus ' ship , and they fled down the Adriatic . The Colchians would have pursued the Greeks , but Hera sent a terrible thunder- storm to deter them . At last ...
... murder by treachery . The other Argonauts then killed the entire crew of Apsyrtus ' ship , and they fled down the Adriatic . The Colchians would have pursued the Greeks , but Hera sent a terrible thunder- storm to deter them . At last ...
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... murder of the children . He was told to bring Thyestes back to Mycenae . Searching for him , Atreus came to King Thespro- tus . He saw the lovely Pelopia , who had returned to Thesprotia , and , thinking that she was the king's daughter ...
... murder of the children . He was told to bring Thyestes back to Mycenae . Searching for him , Atreus came to King Thespro- tus . He saw the lovely Pelopia , who had returned to Thesprotia , and , thinking that she was the king's daughter ...
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